The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 47: “Vettori vs Cannonier.” The event was headlined by a middleweight matchup between veteran contenders Marvin “The Italian Dream” Vettori and Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier.

In the lightweight co-main event, Arman “Ahalkalakets” Tsarukyan took on Joaquim “Netto BJJ” Silva. Elsewhere on the main card, Armen “Superman” Petrosyan battled Christian Leroy Duncan in a featured middleweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 47 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada tonight for UFC 289: “Nunes vs Aldana.” The card was headlined by a UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship matchup between champion Amanda “Lioness” Nunes and challenger Irene Aldana.

In the lightweight co-main event, former champ Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira squared off against Beneil Dariush, who had won eight straight bouts. Also on the main card tonight, “Proper” Mike Malott took on Adam Fugitt at welterweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 289 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship held its latest event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight. UFC on ESPN 46: “Kara-France vs Albazi” was headlined by a flyweight contender’s clash between recent title challenger Kai “Don’t Blink” Kara-France and rising star Amir “The Prince” Albazi.

In the featherweight co-main event, Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres took on Daniel “The Pit” Pineda. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, lightweight veteran Jim “A-10” Miller faced UFC newcomer Jesse Butler, who stepped in on mere days’ notice. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling retained his title with a hard-fought Split Decision victory on May 6th at UFC 288 in Newark, New Jersey. Sterling edged out returning former champion Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo to remain on top of the 135-pound rankings.

Other key winners at UFC 288 were welterweight Belal “Remember The Name” Muhammad and strawweight Xiaonan “Fury” Yan. At Invicta FC 53 on May 3rd, Rayanne Amanda dos Santos won the promotion’s atomweight title, and she takes over the top spot in the 105-pound women’s rankings.

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At just 19 years of age, undefeated rising star Machi Fukuda has quickly become one of the top prospects on the Deep Jewels roster. The skilled grappler earned her third professional victory on Sunday night when she defeated Korean challenger You Jeong Kim at Deep Jewels 41 in Tokyo.

Fukuda, who turns 20 on June 3rd, has her sights set on competing for the Deep Jewels Strawweight Championship; a title she hopes will be vacated due to champion Seika Izawa’s commitments in Rizin. Fukuda spoke with MMARising.com about her career plans and goals for the coming year.

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Rizin FF and Deep Jewels champion Seika Izawa earned her fifth stoppage victory in tonight’s 49kg super atomweight main event at Deep Jewels 41 in Tokyo, Japan. The undefeated Izawa submitted a returning Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn with a slick triangle choke in the first round.

In the co-main event, Jeong Eun “Little Wolf” Park prevailed in her return to Deep Jewels. Park stopped teen standout Moeri Suda with punches late in the first round of their 49kg matchup. At strawweight, unbeaten rising star Machi Fukuda finished You Jeong Kim with a first-round hammerlock.

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Deep Jewels headed to New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan tonight with its latest all-female event. The Deep Jewels 41 card was headlined by a 49kg super atomweight bout between current Deep Jewels and Rizin FF titleholder Seika Izawa and the returning Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn.

In the co-main event, also at 49kg, Moeri Suda clashed with top Road FC contender Jeong Eun “Little Wolf” Park. Elsewhere on the card, highly-touted prospect Machi Fukuda took on You Jeong Kim in a strawweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Deep Jewels 41.

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Shooto held its inaugural “Colors” event on Sunday afternoon at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The all-female card was headlined by a 110-pound Shooto Women’s Super Atomweight Championship bout between champ Satomi “Sarami” Takano and highly-touted challenger Ayaka Watanabe.

In the atomweight co-feature, Aira Koga met former ONE Championship contender Zenny “Lady Gogo” Huang. Also at 105 pounds, Shooto veteran Miku Nakamura faced off against undefeated prospect Mayu Kawanishi. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the Shooto: “Colors 1” event.

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